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Valentine’s Day – no run of the mill restaurant for us.  Bruce and I and his friend Scott had a marvelous breakfast/brunch at Las Farolas.  I had banana pancakes, Bruce had an omelet and Scott had a Chapin breakfast. After our delicious meal, we walked around the luscious grounds of the hotel. As with everythingContinue reading “Antigua – – A Foody’s Paradise”

We had a busy couple of days.  Yesterday we had our friends, Patty and Chris, over for coffee.  After sitting around a few hours, we decided to go out walking.  We went to the market looking at all the beautiful items.  I had a piece I needed ends finished and this lovely woman, Nelly, finishedContinue reading “Roaming Around Antigua”

Darren is an avid fisherman and as part of their trip to Guatemala, I booked a day fishing trip through Buena Vista Sportfishing.  Our driver picked us up at 5am sharp for our one hour drive to the coast.  On arrival the dawn was just breaking. The driver asked if we wanted breakfast but theContinue reading “18 Sailfish and 6 Dorado – An Awesome Day Fishing”

Monday night our friends, Tracy and Darren, arrived from the US.  It was late and they had a long journey traveling, so we went to bed early.  We have a lot to see during their short visit. We awoke yesterday morning to cloudy skies which is quite rare this time of year.  Generally the weatherContinue reading “A Visit With our Friends”

Last night we ate at Las Farolos.  Bruce had pepian and I had a Guatemalan lasagna.  It was a great place and dinner was only $19. We woke early this morning and headed to Caoba Farms, where we had breakfast and bought some vegetables and farm eggs. We ran into a few friends and thenContinue reading “A trip to the organic farm”

We finally returned to Sydney after 11 days cruising around New Zealand.  The Sydney Opera House was outside my balcony when I woke this morning. What an amazing place.  Linda and Stan are staying with us one night before they fly home.  Bruce and I have another five days.  Our Airbnb is quite cute.  ItContinue reading “Staying in Camperdown”

Today we anchored in the Bay of Islands in Northern New Zealand.  This was a beautiful area although we did not get to see the blue green waters because the sky was cloudy and gray.  But even so, it had the majestic feel that so many bays have where the mountains come nearly to theContinue reading “Dolphins- Dolphins and More Dolphins”

I woke up with a migraine this morning and when I looked out my balcony window at the port, I decided to sleep in a bit more.  Auckland has to be one of the ugliest ports so far. Once I was up though, I was committed to give Auckland a try.  We didn’t book anything,Continue reading “Easy Does It Today in New Zealand”

Today I was looking forward to seeing a friend I made during a Transatlantic crossing two years ago.  So often we meet people and promise to keep in touch but never do.  Now with Facebook it is so much easier to maintain some form of communication.  So we coordinate a time and place and IContinue reading “A Friend in Dunedin”

I wasn’t expecting much when the itinerary said we would cruise through Milford, Doubtful, and Dusky Sounds but there would be no landfalls today.  So what I woke up to this morning was majestic mountains rising from the blue green waters of the sea.   The sun was just shining through as I stepped outContinue reading “The Sounds of Fiordland”